Su Dongpo's Hill Poems

Poem on Washing Children was written when Su Dongpo was nearly 50 years old. His concubine, Ai Du, 26 years younger than him, gave birth to a son named Duner. Zhilao Laizi was baptized three days after his birth.

Third, the birth custom. It is a very important ceremony in the ancient birth ceremony of China. On the third day after the baby is born, a bathing ceremony will be held, and relatives and friends will get together to wish the baby good luck. This is called "washing three times" and "washing three generations". The original intention of "washing three" is: first, washing filth, eliminating disasters and taking refuge; The second is to pray for good luck and good luck.

Wash children's poems

Everyone wants to be smart when adopting a son, and I have been delayed by being smart all my life.

I only hope that this child is honest and honest, and there is no disaster and no difficulty in reaching the public.

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Su Shi is a great writer with excellent poetry and prose, and his works pay attention to concise words and meanings, so is this poem. A word "hope" wrote down everyone's expectations for children; A word "wrong" tells the story of a person's life. There are many twists and turns in the poem, and feelings are all in it. Foolish people should do nothing, but they can "be an official and not be a disaster." Su Shi's complaints are all in these turning points. ?

Su Dongpo's "Poetry of Washing Children" is only four sentences, with a playful tone and an ironic tone. Indeed, everything happens for a reason. "Everyone wants to be smart when raising a child", which is what people want and hope. It's just that Su Shi's own career suffered great setbacks and learned a lesson from it. "I have been misled by cleverness all my life" is also true. Su Shi was imprisoned for opposing Wang Anshi's new law and satirizing "new progress" in his poems. A "Wutai Poetry Case" shocked the ruling and opposition parties, but thanks to the rescue of senior officials, Su Shi was saved from death and surrender.